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Bibliographical Information
Beza, Theodore. "Commentary on Psalms 114". "The 1599 Geneva Study Bible". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/gsb/psalms-114.html. 1599-1645.
Beza, Theodore. "Commentary on Psalms 114". "The 1599 Geneva Study Bible". https://www.studylight.org/
Whole Bible (44)Old Testament (1)Individual Books (5)
Verse 1
114:1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of {a} strange language;
(a) Or, barbarous.
Verse 2
114:2 Judah was his {b} sanctuary, [and] Israel his dominion.
(b) The whole people were witnesses to his holy majesty in adopting them, and of his mighty power in delivering them.
Verse 4
114:4 The {c} mountains skipped like rams, [and] the little hills like lambs.
(c) Seeing that these dead creatures felt God’s power and after a sort saw it, much more his people ought to consider it, and glorify him for the same.
Verse 7
114:7 Tremble, thou {d} earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
(d) Ought then his people to be insensible when they see his power and majesty?
Verse 8
114:8 Which {e} turned the rock [into] a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
(e) That is, miraculously caused water to come out of the rock in great abundance, Exodus 17:6.